I had the pleasure of attending an event in Montreal as part of the Global Diversity Call for Paper Day, also called GDCFPDAY. Organized on Saturday, March 2, 2019, in more than 60 locations around the world, members of under-represented or marginalized technology groups were invited to attend to become better speakers.
Like I have already talked about in my blog post about my personal and blogging goals for 2019, I am hoping that I’ll be a speaker at a couple of events and be able to improve my public speaking skills. When I saw publicity surrounding this event, I felt that it was created precisely for people like me, I didn’t hesitate a single second before registering!